Myrtle is the wife of Gorge Wilson who is an auto mechanic. She represents the lower class in society and more than anything she wants to become part of the upper class. Myrtle is very unsatisfied with her husband everything in her life is dull and gray. Even her husband is always covered in dull brown colour of dirt and he does not wear the kind of vibrant clothes that Tom Buchanan wears, the person with whom she is having an affair with. The apartment she shares with Tom in New York, is the complete opposite of the house she lives in. The Wilson's home is in "a valley of ashes... where

act and dress differently. The clothes she wears are glamorous. The first time Nick meets Myrtle in the garage he describes her wearing "dress of dark blue... containing no facet or gleam of beauty..." (Fitzgerald, 25) When she is with her husband she wears dark colours unlike the rich people who where white or lavender. The dark shades of colours that she wears is perhaps to represent her unhappiness with her marriage and he social status in life. However when she is with Tom she dresses in light colours and her attitude is different as well. Nick has observed the change in her behaviour, "Mrs. Wilson had changed her costume to an elaborate afternoon dress of cream-coloured chiffon. With the influence of the dress her personality had also undergone change. The intents vitality that had been remarkable in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur." (Fitzgerald, 31) When she is with Tom she is more happy and that is why she has chosen to wear light colours, her life is also not as dull when she is with with, she throws parties and she goes to restaurants with him. When she is with Tom it makes her think she is part of the upper class, she desperately desires to be part of them. Also when she is wearing the light coloured dress she has a different

orm of houses and chimneys... a line of gray cars crawls along... the ash-gray men..." (Fitzgerald, 23) The author describes the part of the region in which Myrtle lives, as well as the other people of the lower class as this very hideous place full of pollution. Her l

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)